PHOTO: Antonov An-2 RA-40420 down in the drink...

[Stratofreighter]

http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=136885

Date: 24-JUN-2011
Time:

Type: Antonov An-2
Operator: Avialesookhrana
Registration: RA-40420
C/n / msn:

Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 13
Other fatalities: 0
Airplane damage: Substantial

Location: near Beregovoy, Amur Region - Russia
Phase: Landing
Nature: Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport: Zeya
Destination airport: Bomnak

Narrative:
The plane made an emergency landing in the forest because of technical failure. The pilots managed to land on the river bank. None of the 13 people on board was not injured.

Sources:
http://www.newsru.com/russia/24jun2011/priamur.html
http://lenta.ru/news/2011/06/24/an/
http://i033.radikal.ru/1106/34/27b32b7e5b21.jpg (place of incident)
http://s53.radikal.ru/i142/1106/88/18452ed6ad24.jpg (place of incident)
http://s46.radikal.ru/i112/1106/11/f4759d28acc2.jpg (place of incident)

[S&B extra]

None of the 13 people on board was not injured. ?!???

[Optimus]

I guess this bird dreamt of becoming a DHC-3 Otter... and failed!

Cheers,

Kees